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G. SJOLANDER. COMBINED BUMPER AND LIFTING JACK FOB MOTOR VEHICLES.

\ APPLICAIION FILED SEPLZO, IQIQ 1,326,795. Patented Dec. 30,1912}.

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G. SiOLANDER.

CGMBlNED BUMPER AND LIFHNG JACK FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. APPLICATION FILEDSEPT. 20. 1919.

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mums 0?? which the pawl is actuated in a manner and -01- the purpose tgihe presently described. Connecting the, pa *giilei sides of each slidewith the frameof the ear is a sleeve lli and a rod 171 The rod 17 hasone end secured to the frame of the can" by means a c-hnnp 18, the rodbeing held stationary withiespect; to the frzu'ne, the opposite end ofiiha 17ml being; fitted Within the sleeve Ii) which is secured $0 theslide 4 A spring 19 is zii'ifzingad Within the sleeve bearing againstone and of the same and the adjacent and of Q18 moi 17. The spring" 19functions lzo zilissoi'li lghe shock or jar incident to the impactof thelmmpe with an obstacle as will he YQEMliiy understand. hen the device isUSE1l in the capacity of a, bumper, aim arms of ihe respective sectionsare winged hm'imhtailiy in overlapped relaiirm. anal held associated bymeans of a bolt- 20 PikSSC-(i through Mined opening 21 in said "lzlZlS,l'he bolt accommodating ii nut 22. Tim position iii? pails; for this useis clearly illnslarale-(l in Figs. 1 and 2. Hewever, when 11% of thedevice as jacks is required, the

ll'hen in this position, the gnmml engaging.

element- 11 provides a large bearing surface for the jzmk, While eachsection zifi oids a suitable vjack fmeach of the, forward wheels of the;vehicle. ll might have he stated that :1 similar dmica nmy also he usedat the war ml ihe machine, in which instance all Llimi whawis of (he carmay be readily and easily Gil 'ated through the. insti'umenmlity 0i thvjacks. \'(-I Yl(itlll in the manner illustrated in Fig. El. the lmmllvif) 's nssmrinled with the imvi ll- 2 ml the latter opemtwl to move theslides 11% upwardly on (he fixed arms 10. A pawl Ell also zw ociaioiiwith with slide and mupvratv-s with the teeth '12 of the arms in holdthe Zll'lllS elevated while thepawl Tho, cmisti-uclion and arrangementnl' parts saves the user considerable ilime 'vvlu-n iiis ioumliwcessal'y in jtltl any oi flu wln vlm and 's particularly mlvanhigvousat. night time when changing a thin us the Paris an, arranged in frontof lhv lump nl tho mzu'hinv so that, the 1: VS mm the latter aredisposed upon th war ting: pin-ls ml 2in jam-k. Again, should thvv Wlwnthe parts an: positioned become stuck in mud or send, the respectivejacks may he need toadventege to permit the car to extricate itselfunder its own power, and can he used to this advantage in places wherethe ordmery jack could not he placed beneath the car under such con--ditions.

For the purpose of preventing theft Of of each section provided with eplurz lity of openings 27 which. when brought into registration with theopenings 528 015 the slide, receives one end; of the loclnn element 25as shown in 4:. This is the active position of the locking element andas shown in Fig. 4: the opposite end of said element indicated at 29passes through the sleeve 16 into a pocket in the rod 17. A pod lock orthe like 30 is utilized for holding the locking element in activeposition. The inactive position of the locking element is shown bydotted lines in. Fig.

While I have shown and described what I consider the preferredembodiment of the invention, I desire to have it understood. that I donot. limit myself to the exact do tells and that such changes may beresorted to when desired es fell within the scope of whet is claimed.

What is claimed is: v 1. A combined bumper and lifting jack forvehicles, embodying a pair of arms detachsbly coimected together, meansfor supporting the arms in a, horizontal position from the frame or axleof the car for use as a bumper and permitting said arms to be swungindependently to a vertical position when separated, and means ceiriedby each arm to permit the use of the same as a aek.

2, A combined hum-per and lifting jack for vehicles comprising a pair ofarms detechably connected together, means for sup? porting theerms inhorizontal position from the frame of the car for use es a bumper andpermitting said arms to he swung independently to a vertical positionwhen separated, means carried by each arm to permit use of the latter asa leek, and means for locking said arms in vertical positions for thepun pose specified.

3. A combined bumper and lifting jack For vehicles comprising a pair ofarms, means for detach-dbl connecting said arms in horizontal position,means for supporting said arms from the frame of the vehicle to permitthe arms to loe swu a vertical position when separated, enfiiftingmechanism associated with each arm whereby the component parts of thebumper may be converted into iccks.

, L. A combined. bumper and jack for so hicles comprising a pair of armsdetachebly connected together, means for suporting the arms inhorizontal position f i'om the frame of the vehicle for use as 'a bumperand permitting said arms to be swung independently to a vertical sitionwhen separched, said means including a resilient element interposedbetween the arms and frame of the vehicle, and means carried by each armto permit use of the letter as a, jack. 5 A combined bumper and .jackfor vehicles comprising a pair of arms, means for detachably connectingthe arms in a horizontal position, a slide mounted on each arm, a pawland ratchet mechanism for each slide, end mean for supporting said armsfrom the ironic of the vehicle whereby said arms may be swung frontahorizontal to a vertical position when separated.

6 A combined bumper and jack for vehicles comprising a pair of arms,i'neans for detachably connecting said arms in a horizontal position, aslide for each arm, pawl and ratchet mechanism for each slide, it

sleeve carried by each slide, a rod for each sleeve, said rod. beingfixed to the frzune of the car and arranged. within the sleeve wherebysaid arm and slide may he swung from it horizontal to a verticalposition when the arms are separated, and 3 spring interposed betweensaid rod and sleeve.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

GUSTAF SJOLANDER.

